Considering we spend 33% of our lives asleep we know very little about sleep or dreaming from a science perspective. Dr. Michael Schredl from the University of Mannheim, Germany has published over 70 articles and authored 3 books on dream research and is considered one of the world's foremost expert on dream research. His work explores areas such as: continuity between waking and dream, creativity and dreaming, memory consolidation during sleep, treatment of nightmares and is considered one of the world’s leading researchers on the matter.